The writing is on the wall–I suspect the next Windows OS will be a subscription service. Gather your ISOs while ye may.

  • Michael H. JenkinsOP
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    137 months ago

    Enshittification comes for all things eventually. “You’ll own nothing and like it.”

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      7 months ago

      Yeah that slogan really captured very well the intentions at the world economic forum.

      I know it’s not what they officially stated but it really captured (they since walked it back and said it only was meant to “describe emerging trends”) the intentions of what happens when they all come to Davos and divide the world between them.

      But I don’t believe “as a service” models are more sustainable. They will just enable more rent-seeking behaviour meaning we will get even less for our money. The incentive to deliver will be even lower as they will get paid anyhow.

      • Michael H. JenkinsOP
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        67 months ago

        My Sibling in Christ, giving us less for our money and giving them more control over our lives is the intent of all of this. Time to seize the means of computation.